Aztec Eternals

"Good, very good!"

Can Meng Jinghong, like summer rain, like autumn wind, drifting in the far sky of time. Time changes, the sea recedes, and the epic of the kingdom that passed away is like a sudden shower, hitting the king's heart, and also hitting the alert and enlightenment. It wasn't until Jatiri's voice sounded like thunder that Shulot recovered from the contemplation of the kingdom's replacement. He smiled and looked at the knowledgeable elder, and held up the other person with both hands.

"With the epic of the kingdom as a bronze mirror, we can see clearly the rise and fall of the future! I also ask the sages to speak freely and give me advice and inspiration!"

Jatiri paused for a moment, and a look of admiration flashed across his face. Then, he got up and walked towards the fourth stone slab again.

"Look, Your Highness!"

Xiulott looked carefully, and the fourth board was also a group painting of three patterns.

The middle panel is a picture of Hajj. Under the supreme sun, a king with a condor helmet looked majestic and tall, sitting high on the throne in the middle. With a spear in one hand and a divine staff in the other, he is accepting the pilgrimage of the crowd. Below him, followed by the saluting ministers. The ministers were divided into two distinct halves. The half on the left holds weapons, wears animal skins, various animal helmets, and throws spears and bows and arrows behind their backs. The right half holds a scepter and wears a rich robe, a traditional wide hat from the Lake District, and a shield with a family crest on its back. And one more circle outside, it is the people who are kneeling and performing the Hajj. The people are dense and small, like countless ants lying on the ground.

The young king looked at him for a moment, and the warriors on the left were obviously closer to the condor king. In this serious political board painting, different distances and dimensions symbolize the size of power and the level of status. He thought for a moment and whispered to himself.

"This situation... is very similar to the status quo of Fengguo!"

Jatiri nodded with a smile.

"His Royal Highness, the picture in the middle is the first-generation Condor King, the first Kasunchi of Tarasco, and the enthronement ceremony of Tariakuri. After more than ten years, the condor chief Tariakuri finally settled. He took control of the various ministries of the Land in the Lake, controlled the Patzcuaro and Chapala Lake Districts, and established a state here, with the capital in Qincongcan City.

Not long after the kingdom was first established, there were two groups of nobles under the king Tariakuri. One group is the Nava military nobles who followed him all the way south, and the other group is the traditional Urichu nobles who surrendered one after another. Both have tribes, warriors, and lands. Nava military nobles are good at fighting, follow longer, have more military exploits, and have a significantly higher status, but the number is smaller. In contrast, the traditional aristocrats in the Lake District are numerous and powerful. Although they attached themselves late, they have deep roots in the Lake District.

After Talia Kuri was enthroned, the first important thing was the division of the land. Nava's military nobles longed for the fertile lands of the Lake District, and wished to encircle the prosperous capital. Half of these lands are directly under the royal family, and half are controlled by the traditional nobles of the Lake District. The prestige of the first emperor was unmatched, and no one dared to covet the territory directly under the royal family. The Nava nobles had conflicts with the nobles of the Lake District and began to fight for land. Soon, the two sides embraced each other, and the conflict gradually intensified. The Nava nobles were used to speaking with force, and soon mobilized their respective tribal warriors. "

Hearing this, Shulot nodded silently. Military nobles are born with a desire for land. If the king wants to drive a powerful army, he must meet the land needs of the warriors.

After the Legion of the Mexica conquered the Land in the Lake, the first thing they did was to seek the enclave of the land. The western expedition lasted only over a year, and the military exploits of the nobles and warriors had not accumulated enough to be rewarded. The young kings relied on authority and deliberately suppressed the number of large nobles and the area of ​​fiefdoms. Even so, there are nearly two million mu of land to be enfeoffed, occupying 15-20% of the arable land in the entire feudal country.

Tariakuri has fought for more than ten years, and the number of military nobles under his command must be several times that of the Northern Army of Mexican. He also did not have the strength of the Mexica Union, and could not plan a large-scale purge of the old nobles in the national war. Then the situation he faced at that time must be much more difficult than his current self.

Thinking of this, Shilot looked at the left and right panel paintings.

The board painting on the left is a wedding scene, and the king of the condor is at the top of the picture. Witnessed by the King of Condor, a newlywed couple is standing side by side, clasping their close hands. The groom on the left is a male nava hunter with a short bow. He was wearing a samurai's uniform and held a wild deer in his arms. The bride on the right is a female lake fisherman with a net. She was wearing a noble dress, holding a big fish in her arms. If you look closely, you can see that the groom is bigger and taller, showing a slightly higher status.

"How to integrate the new ethnic group with the native ethnic group is the first problem that every conqueror king has to face."

The knowledgeable elder looked at Shulot with a smile in his eyes.

"The first monarch of Tarasco, in order to deal with this problem, personally arranged and presided over a large-scale intermarriage between the two ethnic groups to eliminate the gap between the two sides. Almost all the Nava nobles were required to marry the local Ulysses nobles. Marriage, and the requirement is to have the right of inheritance and to have excellent children! And ordinary Nava warriors are also required to marry ordinary women in the lake area."

"In this ancient plate painting, the wild deer is the symbol of the Nava nobility, and the big fish is the representative of the nobility in the lake area. The combination of the two gave birth to the first batch of Prepecha elites, the new backbone of the kingdom! It is rumored that the first king, Tariakuri, was blessed by the gods and lived to the age of 80. He ruled the nascent kingdom for decades, and with his excellent prestige and firm patience, in the next two generations, he realized The redistribution of noble fiefs and the establishment of a solid factional balance.

Venison is always rarer and more precious than fish. In the two hundred years of succession, the Prepecha people after fusion no longer distinguish between the two ethnic groups, and gradually evolved a new cognition, that is, "aristocrats eat venison" and "commoners eat river fish". This plate painting with deep meaning is no longer mentioned. "

After listening to this narration, Shirault exclaimed in sincere admiration.

It is often more difficult to effectively rule a land than to occupy it. As the leader of the Nava tribe that moved south, Tariakuri had enough courage to actively promote the integration of the two ethnic groups. He spent his whole life kneading the new Prepecha people, which showed a bit of long-term foresight compared to some other monarchs who stick to their ethnicity.

“There are hundreds of thousands of ethnic groups in the Lake District, and only 20,000 Mexica legions conquered. To establish a stable kingdom rule, large-scale intermarriage between Mexica warriors and Prepeca civilians , it must also be implemented as a national policy!"

Sherlot pondered for a moment and made up his mind secretly. He nodded slowly and looked at the pattern on the right again.

The pattern on the right depicts groups of nobles and warriors traveling far away. At the center is still the radiant Condor King. At the feet of the king was the great capital, and his eyes were like an eagle, and he swept across the four lands. There, the nobles went in different directions and carried different flags.

The young king looked at the family crest on the flag. The flags of the nobles in the north have "crocodile" and "turkey", the west has "feather", "sky" and "silver", the south has "comfrey" and "palm", and the east has "Kestrel" and "black". Leopard". Shilot pondered for a few breaths and asked with certainty.

"Leaders of the divided tribes, guarding the four frontiers?"

Jatiri smiled, his eyes deep.

"Exactly! The Nava military nobles have made the greatest contribution to the establishment of the new kingdom. Those powerful nobles own tribes and control hundreds to thousands of tribal warriors. They yearn for a vast area of ​​fertility. Fiefdom. However, the first-generation emperor did not want to repeat the old path of the strong and weak Wulixiu Kingdom, and had decided to take the entire Patzcuaro Lake District as his direct subordinate. He relied on his own prestige and the wisdom of the Hummingbird family. , the powerful military nobles were divided into the four frontiers of the kingdom."

"The crocodile nobles guard the vast northern estuary, the comfrey nobles suppress the prosperous southern river banks, and the kestrel nobles from the royal family control the steep eastern mountain forests. Then, the ancestral land of the distant and prosperous Lake Chapala is handed over to the three Nava nobles. Governance and co-management. These powerful military nobles go to the frontier to divide their vassals, and they no longer pose a threat to the central royal power. The nobles have gained a vast territory for free development, and they use their force to crusade the border tribes who are unwilling to submit, but they also face The constant military challenges are inseparable from the strong support of the lake district center. In the past two hundred years, the frontier nobles have continuously expanded the living space of the kingdom, and also spread the influence of the kingdom to the Quartet."

The knowledgeable elder spoke for a while. He looked at the young king who shook his head slightly and said with a smile.

"His Royal Highness, the running speed of the messenger is limited, and there is no fast road outside the city. The direct control of the center can only be limited to the lake area with fast traffic within a few hundred miles. It has always been the practice of all ministries in the world to divide the border. Many great Nawa nobles who seek comfort are actually reluctant to leave the fertile core lake area and go to the border where they are constantly fighting.

In the process of enfeoffment, in order to urge the powerful nobles to leave, the first-generation owner of the Hummingbird family made great efforts. He showed a rare wisdom among the Nava nobles and became the first minister of the kingdom. After that, the chief ministers of successive generations have been held by the outstanding members of the Hummingbird family. The hummingbirds accompany the condor, withering like a vine.

With the development of the kingdom, the strength of the frontier nobles began to expand. The responsibilities of the chief ministers have also expanded from integrating the directly subordinate Patzcuaro Lake District, supporting military operations in the frontier, to balancing the aristocratic forces in the frontier. This chief Zinzini has assisted three generations of kings. He not only assisted in the control of 90 large villages and towns in the Lake District, personally presided over the crusade against the Turks for decades, but also effectively suppressed the crocodile family in the north and maintained the balance of power among the three Chapala families..."

Xiulote raised his head and stared at the encapsulation pattern, but in his heart flashed the vast continents of North and South America ~www.readwn.com~ With enough cheap metal tools, large-scale road construction could be carried out. With the upgrade of ships and the introduction of horses from the old continent in the future, the area directly under the control of the ruling center will increase several times or even ten times. The entire world of Central America can be included in the direct category of the future empire. However, the speed of this messenger communication is far from enough to cover the vast North American continent, let alone reach the faraway land of South America.

If you want to expand the influence of the empire as much as possible, fight against colonizers from all over Europe, and compete for the dominance of the New World, you must try your best to integrate the native tribes of the entire America. The military division of the frontier is inevitable, and the intermarriage of various ethnic groups is imperative. And farther away, we must spread our beliefs as soon as possible, canonize local chiefs, and incorporate them into a tributary system similar to the Celestial Dynasty!

"Having the world in your heart is like Wan Jun on your shoulders. Every step the king takes is like being watched by the people and changing the pace of the times. A true king must be firm-willed, like steel like jade, cautious in mind, and like walking on thin ice! "

The young king sighed softly. There was a dignified look on his face that was different from his age.

"My future path will not only shine in the world, but also have a long way to go!"